Cyber Crime

• • Introduction
  • Introduction to Cybercrime
  • Social Media
  • Cyber Piracy
  • Online Fraud & Identity Theft
  • Hacking
  • Cyber Espionage
  • Online drug trade & the Dark Net
  • Political Hacking
  • Illegal, Harmful, Offensive Content Online
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Prosecuting cybercrime
  • The future of cybercrime & unit wrap-up

Others

40cp at 1000 level or above

Special requirements

• OtherDetails -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Computer systems and networks, and the applications that they support, are essential to information flows, economic transactions and critical infrastructure in the twenty-first century. While early computer hackers were more interested in exploration, modern cybercrime is increasingly driven by activist or malicious sentiment (hacktivism), espionage and/or the desire for profit. This unit will present an overview of cyber security in practice with reference to both public and private sector organisations. The unit will look at the motives and perpetrators of cybercrime. It will explore how individuals and organisations face specific threats from their use of technology and identifies challenges in maintaining cyber and information security. It further examines the protective security measures required to protect physical and digital access to information through people, infrastructure and computer systems.

• Tutorial Participation (10%)
• Weekly Quizzes (20%)
• Powerpoint Presentation (20%)
• Major Essay (50%)